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the big concern now is how to keep feeding them. changing diet, increasing demand and tightening supply threaten the country's food security. it's a delicate balancing act and one that has implications for commodity markets worldwide. >>reporter: dragon spring village, in the hills above chongqing - where li xingming's family has worked the fields since the 19th century. >>before, our village never planted vegetables, only rice. now, we grow vegetables and we grow less rice, we just grow what we need. >>reporter: this growing and changing demand is coming from china's ever expanding cities - where some 300 million up-and-coming urbanites - like liu min's family - expect much more than traditional staples like corn and rice. >>my family, like others, has more meat, not too much though - and we buy more dairy products, as well as vegetables, and eggs. >>reporter: but there's also more food inflation - with prices up 17 percent year on year. and with a more varied and improved diet comes other supply chain stress - as animals need feed
the big concern now is how to keep feeding them. changing diet, increasing demand and tightening supply threaten the country's food security. it's a delicate balancing act and one that has implications for commodity markets worldwide. >>reporter: dragon spring village, in the hills above chongqing - where li xingming's family has worked the fields since the 19th century. >>before, our village never planted vegetables, only rice. now, we grow vegetables and we grow less rice, we just...
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but like thousands of other backwaters across the country, it has big plans for the next five years as it seeks to boost incomes by at least 14 percent annually. >>the most meaningful economic decisions are made far away from beijing, in places like here - pengshui - over 1500 km south west of the capital. few if any here are interested in cooling economic growth or slashing investment plans as this is the only model they know that can provide jobs, spread more money around and, it's hoped, keep the people content. >>reporter: and in this belief, the local authority plans to plough some 2 billion us dollars every year into investment in buildings and infrastructure. >>the pace of our development is very fast - but we are very poor, we are backward, we are under developed, we're coming from a very low starting point. that's why, in our new five year plan our growth could reach 20 percent. >>reporter: one of pengshui's big ideas is to build a new city centre on this farmland, a 20 minute drive away. in a couple of years' time, the billion dollar project will be linked to the old district
but like thousands of other backwaters across the country, it has big plans for the next five years as it seeks to boost incomes by at least 14 percent annually. >>the most meaningful economic decisions are made far away from beijing, in places like here - pengshui - over 1500 km south west of the capital. few if any here are interested in cooling economic growth or slashing investment plans as this is the only model they know that can provide jobs, spread more money around and, it's...
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>>reporter: this is beginning to translate into a big business opportunity, with adventure sports companies mushrooming across the country. 220 kilometres north of new delhi is rishikesh; a popular spot for an adrenaline soaked spot of white water rafting. >>you are just 4-5 hours away from delhi, so close to it, but still you feel you are so away from it. it's another world >>many local people have joined this industry. the rafts have become cheaper, and the government offers many subsidies and cheap loans. that's why the prices we charge customers have fallen too. >>reporter: hardcore enthusiasts are adding and promoting new competitive events every year. at the bangalore adventure race, competitors combined cycling with rock climbing to push the limits of endurance. >>we're about 5 hours into the race, and we're at the bouldering area. and this is one of the most difficult part of the race today. the participants have already cycled 50 kilometres, and 12 kilometres of very, very technical trail. they're cramping, and they can't lift their legs, and their arms are tired. >>this is my firs
>>reporter: this is beginning to translate into a big business opportunity, with adventure sports companies mushrooming across the country. 220 kilometres north of new delhi is rishikesh; a popular spot for an adrenaline soaked spot of white water rafting. >>you are just 4-5 hours away from delhi, so close to it, but still you feel you are so away from it. it's another world >>many local people have joined this industry. the rafts have become cheaper, and the government offers...
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>>reporter: why hydroelectric power is a big draw for energy intensive industries around the world. >>things like the smelting of aluminium of bauxite you're going to need huge quantities of power andfor that hydropower does seem to be the obvious solution >>reporter: and how social media can be an amazing source of market research, if companies can sort through the vast amounts of consumer comments posted online. >>the scale of data mining is increasing all the time. the cost of, the unit cost of data mining is going down all the time. >>reporter: hello and welcome. i'm raya abirached and this is world business, your weekly insight into the global business trends shaping our lives. at the start of the year egypt surprised the world,by overthrowing the regime of president hosni mubarak. six months on and the country is at a crossroads. the revolution appears to have stalled, parts of the economy have been badly battered and protestors are back in the streets. >>reporter: cairo in july. the arab spring has given way to the arab summer. the city is boiling hotbut despite the heat hund
>>reporter: why hydroelectric power is a big draw for energy intensive industries around the world. >>things like the smelting of aluminium of bauxite you're going to need huge quantities of power andfor that hydropower does seem to be the obvious solution >>reporter: and how social media can be an amazing source of market research, if companies can sort through the vast amounts of consumer comments posted online. >>the scale of data mining is increasing all the time....
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>>reporter: one of pengshui's big ideas is to build a new city centre on this farmland, a 20 minute drive away. in a couple of years' time, the billion dollar project will be linked to the old districts via a tunnel through the mountain. investors are supposed to provide 23 percent of the cash, the banks 60 percent with the balance coming from central, regional and local governments. >>those facing relocation don't really care if this is a rash development or if it makes sound economic sense - so long as their pay-off is worth it. >>us farmers can benefit from the development and construction. but if the government goes ahead with the project and we're worse off, who will agree? >>reporter: the trouble is, as the people's bank of china knows only too well, the real value of compensation risks being diluted by inflation - which, despite three interest rate hikes over four months, accelerated in january to 4.9 percent year-on-year >>the spur was a four trillion dollar stimulus package - which cushioned china's export-reliant economy from the global financial crisis. in turn, this opened up
>>reporter: one of pengshui's big ideas is to build a new city centre on this farmland, a 20 minute drive away. in a couple of years' time, the billion dollar project will be linked to the old districts via a tunnel through the mountain. investors are supposed to provide 23 percent of the cash, the banks 60 percent with the balance coming from central, regional and local governments. >>those facing relocation don't really care if this is a rash development or if it makes sound...
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>>reporter: it's a big step for the industry, but would be a giant leap for consumers who still seemto be keeping to the shallow end - for now. >>...the number of times a feature film is seen in its entirety on the subscription vod, from first frame to last is quite minimal in terms of a comparable being how you would expect a viewer of a dvdthat they purchased to really watch the entire film from beginning to end. so it's much more like the tv market where people are flicking channels and going in and out of programming. >>reporter: but it's far from plain sailing. one of the biggest threats to the industry comes from illegal content sharing. torrent sites which enable users to download the latest films are a part of the problem costing the industry billions of dollars per year. >>some people do it for kicks, uploading stuff, but some people do it because they're putting two fingers up to the industry. they don't actually realise it's not their activity by itself that causes a problem, it's millions of people like them who are trying to freeload who cause the damage. >>if you look at
>>reporter: it's a big step for the industry, but would be a giant leap for consumers who still seemto be keeping to the shallow end - for now. >>...the number of times a feature film is seen in its entirety on the subscription vod, from first frame to last is quite minimal in terms of a comparable being how you would expect a viewer of a dvdthat they purchased to really watch the entire film from beginning to end. so it's much more like the tv market where people are flicking...
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big blue is entering the second century on a high note. ibm reported net income of $3.7 billion, revenue of $26.7 billion. both numbers topped last year's and ibm marked its 100th anniversary. what a way to if. >>> the news wasn't so good for cisco. the u.s. based company announced monday it will have to eliminate 6,500 jobs, that is a whopping 9% of its workforce. another 5,000 staff will be transferred in a sale of one of its businesses. >>> and a chapter ends in u.s. retail. the once huge book store chain borders is going into liquidation after failing to find a border. it's shutting its 400 store. it filed for chapter 11. >>> u.s. lawmakers try to hammer out a plan to raise the debt ceiling, raters will cut its rate if something isn't reached. moody's will say the ceiling has done little to curb spending there. the white house says that president barack obama is working to make sure there's a backup mechanism in place if the u.s. doesn't actually default on its debt. >> he continues to push for the biggest possible deal, if you will. m
big blue is entering the second century on a high note. ibm reported net income of $3.7 billion, revenue of $26.7 billion. both numbers topped last year's and ibm marked its 100th anniversary. what a way to if. >>> the news wasn't so good for cisco. the u.s. based company announced monday it will have to eliminate 6,500 jobs, that is a whopping 9% of its workforce. another 5,000 staff will be transferred in a sale of one of its businesses. >>> and a chapter ends in u.s....
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big business is scared. if there's a default, they're going to lose a whole lot. >> reporter: americans don't like hearing about politicians losing their tempers during negotiations. >> i understand it's difficult. my job is very difficult. i don't have the option of walking out of a meeting. that would be considered completely inappropriate. >> reporter: many americans believe the debt ceiling needs to be raised but not everybody. >> if i have a credit card with a certain limit and i'm overspending, the answer is not to increase my spending limit. >> is this going to put a greater burden on us as the american people and i just don't think it will help the situation. >> reporter: but there are eternal optimists. >> no matter what they do, we'll survive. >> reporter: a hopeful note as we head into the home stretch on the debt crisis. fe lee shah taylor, cnn, new york. >> let's go over to south africa, where david cameron, the prime minister of united kingdom will be speaking a bit later on alongside the south
big business is scared. if there's a default, they're going to lose a whole lot. >> reporter: americans don't like hearing about politicians losing their tempers during negotiations. >> i understand it's difficult. my job is very difficult. i don't have the option of walking out of a meeting. that would be considered completely inappropriate. >> reporter: many americans believe the debt ceiling needs to be raised but not everybody. >> if i have a credit card with a...
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it was not a massive group nor a big effort. >> that's right. i think one, you will find this will be hard to do alone. the times square bomber, it's hard to have one guy to get the materials and put it together correctly and detonate it. it's reasonable to suspect he had some amount of help. and we are hearing from media sources the individual in custody may have been a farmer. that would explain his access to large quantities of fertilizer to make such a big bomb that went off in oslo. you will learn a lot more from officials in norway to make sense out of this tragedy. >> did you have a sense in your time working with the government that there was some senses of places like norway that terrorism was something that could not come there, because in fairness, before 9/11 and the first world trade center attack, we felt it could not come here either. >> it's true, but the wikileaks cable comes from several years ago. in recent years, my understanding from a u.s. counterterrorism officials is that norway did begin to understand it could happen the
it was not a massive group nor a big effort. >> that's right. i think one, you will find this will be hard to do alone. the times square bomber, it's hard to have one guy to get the materials and put it together correctly and detonate it. it's reasonable to suspect he had some amount of help. and we are hearing from media sources the individual in custody may have been a farmer. that would explain his access to large quantities of fertilizer to make such a big bomb that went off in oslo....
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>>> it's a classic tale of big business versus mom and pap. we're talking about new york's historic little italy. where traditional restaurants are trying to in compete with a new, italian powerhouse. richard roth explains. >> now, that's good. >> reporter: good seems an understatement for public reaction to eataly, the upscale extravaganza in manhattan. the new york branch of a global rollout, eataly rolled out with hype. >> eataly will become a destination for food aficionados from far and wide. >> reporter: those that cooked up eataly, says it's doubled projections. >> everyone seems to love everything about eataly. >> reporter: not everybody loves eataly. especially those in historic little italy. >> eataly is a great place. but it's more of a shopping mall. >> i respect the chefs of eataly. but eataly itself, there's restaurants in eataly. but it's not an italian experience. >> reporter: before the cheese heats up, eataly is not taking the bait. >> we're huge fans of little italy. i think little italy celebrates a part of new york that's
>>> it's a classic tale of big business versus mom and pap. we're talking about new york's historic little italy. where traditional restaurants are trying to in compete with a new, italian powerhouse. richard roth explains. >> now, that's good. >> reporter: good seems an understatement for public reaction to eataly, the upscale extravaganza in manhattan. the new york branch of a global rollout, eataly rolled out with hype. >> eataly will become a destination for food...
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it's big business. as erin mclaughlin shows us, one tour company is cashing in on potter mania. >> with a wave of her harry potter wand, this tour guide leaves a pack of moguls. >> this is platform 9, where we are now. >> reporter: the aim of the tour, to connect famous potter film clips to actual filming locations. tour companies across london are cashing in on the harry potter craze. tickets for a three-hour tour cost $40 for adults and $36 for children. but there are plenty of fans lining up to learn more about harry potter's past. the tourists are most popular among american and british tourists. so around the corner you can see the road curving around to the left. >> this family is visiting london from colorado. two full days out of their five-day following are devoted to footsteps of harry potter. >> how much are you spending on harry potter? >> i don't know. i guess $400. i guess you can say a percentage of the plane tickets. >> we all get the books when they come out. we can't wait for the other
it's big business. as erin mclaughlin shows us, one tour company is cashing in on potter mania. >> with a wave of her harry potter wand, this tour guide leaves a pack of moguls. >> this is platform 9, where we are now. >> reporter: the aim of the tour, to connect famous potter film clips to actual filming locations. tour companies across london are cashing in on the harry potter craze. tickets for a three-hour tour cost $40 for adults and $36 for children. but there are plenty...
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strong theme here is of financials, financial stocks the big banks taking big hits, pauline, on the idea the debt crisis could spread beyond greece, even as far as italy. >> we see so much concern and so much uncertainty in those numbers and on top of all of this, charles, investors are also worried about u.s. debt. there was no breakthrough at a white house meeting on monday between president barack obama and u.s. congressional leaders. at issue the president's push to raise the u.s. debt ceiling. >> i've been hearing from them that this is one of the things that's creating uncertainty and holding back investment on the part of the business community, and so what i've said to them is let's go. >> republican leaders say they won't pass a deal if it fails to include spending cuts that would offset additional debt. they're refusing to pass any deal that includes tax increases. >> american people understand that tax hikes destroy jobs and the last thing we should be doing right now at a time of 9.2% unemployment is enacting more government policies that will destroy jobs. >> treasury offici
strong theme here is of financials, financial stocks the big banks taking big hits, pauline, on the idea the debt crisis could spread beyond greece, even as far as italy. >> we see so much concern and so much uncertainty in those numbers and on top of all of this, charles, investors are also worried about u.s. debt. there was no breakthrough at a white house meeting on monday between president barack obama and u.s. congressional leaders. at issue the president's push to raise the u.s....
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i think the big question is will he meet prime minister david cameron. before all this blew up, david cameron and others would fly halfway around the world to see rupert mer dock. now it's the other way around. he's flown in here and is trying to save the crisis of his empire which seems to be growing every single day. t the "mirror" reporting victims of 9/11 may have been impacted by the "news of the world." and also the embattled chief executive of news international rebecca brooks had volunteered to be interviewed by the police. we don't know if and when that will happen. . but that would again move this up another notch. the big underlying question sis this. how far up the line in the company cothey go. they found e-mails from as far back as 2007 that these practices were going on. why were they only passed on in the past month. >> dan rivers joining us outside the houses of parliament in london. many thanks to you. pauline. >> charles, let's return to asia and the latest inflation and trade figures that came out recently. the latest trade figures su
i think the big question is will he meet prime minister david cameron. before all this blew up, david cameron and others would fly halfway around the world to see rupert mer dock. now it's the other way around. he's flown in here and is trying to save the crisis of his empire which seems to be growing every single day. t the "mirror" reporting victims of 9/11 may have been impacted by the "news of the world." and also the embattled chief executive of news international...
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it was a big shake. it felt like a big shake. we're not used to that sort of magnitude earthquake. for many people, they got a frigtd. but everything is fine. a most unusual event. >> mark o'brien, network 10 reporter, from melbourne. >>> neighboring new zealand was hit by an earthquake on tuesday. the 6.5 magnitude quake was felt on most of the country. it was centered in taupo. but it was felt as far down as the capital of wellington. residents were shaken. but there's been no reports of any damage so far. as network 10's reporter, mark o'brien, was telling us. >>> you're watching "world business today." her first day on the job as the head of the imf. we'll look at the kind of leader that lagarde is bound to be. >>> a place where money seems to be no object. and gracing group buying sites. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah nymex trieding down on 28 cents on the dollar. from cnn london, this is "world business today." welcome back. a die after winning thailand's general election, the new prime minister has announced her government will reopen an investigation in
it was a big shake. it felt like a big shake. we're not used to that sort of magnitude earthquake. for many people, they got a frigtd. but everything is fine. a most unusual event. >> mark o'brien, network 10 reporter, from melbourne. >>> neighboring new zealand was hit by an earthquake on tuesday. the 6.5 magnitude quake was felt on most of the country. it was centered in taupo. but it was felt as far down as the capital of wellington. residents were shaken. but there's been no...
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europe the big story. this trough across the west, big ridge across the east and that means a heat wave for moscow. temperatures here are going to be in the mid-30s, and in the middle we're going to be talking large hail, strong winds and heavy rain as the thunderstorms continue to intensify. manisha? >> ivan, thank you very much. keeping us ahead of the weather systems. much appreciated. >>> now, the debt uncertainty in the united states is sending shudders through markets around the world. that's just ahead. >>> from cnn london, i'm charles hodson. >> and i'm manisha tank at cnn hong kong. a warm welcome back to "world business today." >>> well, let's check in on european stock markets now. about one and half hours in to trading, and here's how things are looking. the -- a lot of negative factors here, disappoints results from ryanair. we're seeing the continued stale mates in washington and a downgrading of greek debt by moody's. three notches from ca to ca-1. look at the numbers off by -- sorry. i gues
europe the big story. this trough across the west, big ridge across the east and that means a heat wave for moscow. temperatures here are going to be in the mid-30s, and in the middle we're going to be talking large hail, strong winds and heavy rain as the thunderstorms continue to intensify. manisha? >> ivan, thank you very much. keeping us ahead of the weather systems. much appreciated. >>> now, the debt uncertainty in the united states is sending shudders through markets...
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he feels like we've gotten too big. you know, i decided, i got to get out there and find out for myself what the problem is. honestly, i don't think there is a problem. i think we just have to work harder and be more persistent. >> reporter: the face time also gives steve the opportunity to see how his products are being received, and to find out whether he's missing a trick. >> another thing i'm thinking about is doing a brooklyn only beer, like a beer that we would only -- a draught beer that we'd only sell in brooklyn, something special. >> that would be great. >> salespeople are always going to have excuses why they're not selling certain accounts. the only way you can counter that is to get out there and try it yourself. then they can't bs you about what's happening in the market. >> reporter: steve has been pounding the pavement for years. he says he'll continue doing so as long as he's the boss. >> i don't think i could sell something that i wasn't really in love with. and, you know, it's important to be able to
he feels like we've gotten too big. you know, i decided, i got to get out there and find out for myself what the problem is. honestly, i don't think there is a problem. i think we just have to work harder and be more persistent. >> reporter: the face time also gives steve the opportunity to see how his products are being received, and to find out whether he's missing a trick. >> another thing i'm thinking about is doing a brooklyn only beer, like a beer that we would only -- a...
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the italians are known for being big savers. privatizations of state entities such as, for instance, the post office and the train network. pauline, we're talking about cuts here. the total package was supposed to be 52 billion just a couple of days ago. now it has risen to in excess of 79 billion euros. we'll see what happens later on today in parliament. pauline? >> yes. i've already read, nina, politicians may take a pay cut by as much as 50%. 10 we'll see what happens. this is certainly a critical time for a country with sluggish growth but high debt. >>> coming up next on "world business today," first he lost a up in and then his bid for bskyb turned to custard, turned sour. now to top it all off, rupert murdoch is under scrutiny in the u.s. we'll bring you more details on that in just a moment. active naturals wheat formulas target and help repair damage in just 3 washes. for softer, stronger... ... hair with life. [ female announcer ] nourish plus. only from aveeno. >>> from cnn hong kong and rome, this is "world business
the italians are known for being big savers. privatizations of state entities such as, for instance, the post office and the train network. pauline, we're talking about cuts here. the total package was supposed to be 52 billion just a couple of days ago. now it has risen to in excess of 79 billion euros. we'll see what happens later on today in parliament. pauline? >> yes. i've already read, nina, politicians may take a pay cut by as much as 50%. 10 we'll see what happens. this is...
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that's the big question. jeremy hunt, the culture secretary in the uk had been expected to approve the deal a week ago. now it's viewed that he will be delaying any decision as to whether news corp is allowed to buy bskyb. that is the big thing. will they be allowed to buy it? at the moment the only reason it can be turned down is need yao plurality rules, which is the reason sky news channel has to be hived off. the big concern is what news comes out over the next month or two while the decision is being delayed. the one final thing that could stop news international buying bskyb is whether the regulator, the media regulator in the uk decides if news international is not a fit and proper owner of british media assets. that's very unlikely to happen, but it all depends on what is unearthed of the whole "news of the world." i can't tell you that. >> yeah. sure, we have to wait and watch the way revelations are pouring out, we don't have a clue on what could happen from here on in. coming back to this media plu
that's the big question. jeremy hunt, the culture secretary in the uk had been expected to approve the deal a week ago. now it's viewed that he will be delaying any decision as to whether news corp is allowed to buy bskyb. that is the big thing. will they be allowed to buy it? at the moment the only reason it can be turned down is need yao plurality rules, which is the reason sky news channel has to be hived off. the big concern is what news comes out over the next month or two while the...
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they had to have big scale for when they need it most. cloud computing allows you to use what you need when you need it. and not use what you're not needing. you don't need to pay for as much. you have flexibility. in is the attraction for cloud computing. >> a layperson looking into this. not somebody like yourself. somebody looking in and saying, every time i sync my device, i'm sending data out there. every time i download a movie. or more websites upload this stuff. there's more data out there. but it's all out there. and who can get hold of it? >> well, a couple of quick things. there's really two ways to think of the cloud. there's the private cloud, which is growing a lot. companies building their only internal architecture to cloud their i.t. to make it a public service. then, the public cloud, the googles or amazons, where the information is far away. private and public working together is where we think companies will evolve to. security, the authentication of both sides of the information. and encrypting information so when it
they had to have big scale for when they need it most. cloud computing allows you to use what you need when you need it. and not use what you're not needing. you don't need to pay for as much. you have flexibility. in is the attraction for cloud computing. >> a layperson looking into this. not somebody like yourself. somebody looking in and saying, every time i sync my device, i'm sending data out there. every time i download a movie. or more websites upload this stuff. there's more data...
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murdock is a big backer of republicans. if more momentum builds for probes, there are cautionary tales for lawmakers, reports that the tabloids sometimes turn the tables on those who investigate them. most of those accounts date back to well before this scandal ploou up in the media in recent weeks. martin moore of the media standards trust tells us when british parliamentary looked in the tabloid press a couple years ago, he heard of allegations that they were discouraged from repeatededly inviting rebecca brooks to testify. >> the allegation was they were told, members of that committee were told, do not invite her again. do not press this one, do not push it, because if you do, you'll regret it. that was made very clear. >> reporter: a news corporation spokesman would not comment on that allegation. are you concerned that they might hit back at you and dig into your personal life or whatever? >> i'm not worried about my personal life nor am i worried about my next term. i've been here 27 years. when you grow up in a pove
murdock is a big backer of republicans. if more momentum builds for probes, there are cautionary tales for lawmakers, reports that the tabloids sometimes turn the tables on those who investigate them. most of those accounts date back to well before this scandal ploou up in the media in recent weeks. martin moore of the media standards trust tells us when british parliamentary looked in the tabloid press a couple years ago, he heard of allegations that they were discouraged from repeatededly...
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you heard harry reid speak moments ago, a big thumbs down over there, and then -- then -- we will move on. but the number of votes on either side really doesn't matter so much as this number. the number of days and hours now left until the money runs out. this is what we've been warning about for weeks and weeks. still, the vote today was enough to allow the republicans to spike the ball into boehner's court. and he did so with a vengeance. >> i struck my neck out a mile to try and get in agreement with the president of the united states. i stuck my neck out a mile. and i put revenues on the table. in order to try to come to an agreement to avert us being where we are. but a lot of people in this town can never say yes. a lot of people can never say yes. this house has acted. and it is time for the administration and time for our colleagues across the aisle, put something on the table. tell us where you are! >> well, over in the senate, what they are putting on the table is mr. boehner's bill. they'll kill it over there. that's under way right now. we'll let you when the voting is done
you heard harry reid speak moments ago, a big thumbs down over there, and then -- then -- we will move on. but the number of votes on either side really doesn't matter so much as this number. the number of days and hours now left until the money runs out. this is what we've been warning about for weeks and weeks. still, the vote today was enough to allow the republicans to spike the ball into boehner's court. and he did so with a vengeance. >> i struck my neck out a mile to try and get in...
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with big risks it's like investments come big rewards. we could also lose. >> communications with columbia were lost at 8:00 a.m. central time. >> risk. you just accept it. >> can you imagine how much difficulty people went through and how frustrated they were in the transition from horses to cars? but you've got to make these transitions. otherwise society doesn't move forward. >> so far, musk's space x falcon 9 rocket has performed well. on the last test the rocket put a spacecraft called dragon into orbit. the capsule landed back in the pacific. it was the first time anyone other than a government had successfully orbited a spacecraft and returned it to earth. >> we designed this to be super tough. you can beat the snot out of it and it will still work. >> next year, musk hopes to begin carrying cargo to the international space station, eventually astronauts. a commercial company replacing the space shuttle. >> docking is complete. >> but unless it's safe, nasa's administrators says no u.s. astronaut will be onboard. >> i cannot allow
with big risks it's like investments come big rewards. we could also lose. >> communications with columbia were lost at 8:00 a.m. central time. >> risk. you just accept it. >> can you imagine how much difficulty people went through and how frustrated they were in the transition from horses to cars? but you've got to make these transitions. otherwise society doesn't move forward. >> so far, musk's space x falcon 9 rocket has performed well. on the last test the rocket put...
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these are all big names to watch. a very big reaction. and now the headline is going to be what happens with the u.s. deadline. speaking of the united states, there was plenty of relief on wall street on thursday, again, because of the news of the european debt deal. that sent investors reaching for their wallets. at the close the dow is up 15250. the s&p was up one and a third per senn. let's take a look at how the markets are going and how things are set for when trading begins on friday. that's how the futures are looking. we're looking cautiously optimistic, i would say, nina. >>> well, it's le than two weeks to go, nina, until the u.s. could default on its $14.3 trillion worth of debt. they met with president barack obama on thursday. cnn spoke with jong king about why some in the president's party are very angry. >> they held a meeting with the president here at the white house for nearly two hours. it's never terribly good that it went on that long. no one is speak publicly about it but i'm speaking with some democrats on the hill
these are all big names to watch. a very big reaction. and now the headline is going to be what happens with the u.s. deadline. speaking of the united states, there was plenty of relief on wall street on thursday, again, because of the news of the european debt deal. that sent investors reaching for their wallets. at the close the dow is up 15250. the s&p was up one and a third per senn. let's take a look at how the markets are going and how things are set for when trading begins on friday....
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there's no symptom of big government more menacing than this. we're up to the task. i hope president obama will join us in this work. >> all right. love that home-spun economics. the key is to make money through higher taxes. that's the other approach, the one that speaker boehner says is destined to fail. >> the president says we need a balanced approach which in washington means we spend more and you pay more. i mean run a small business? i know those tax increases will destroy jobs. the president is adamant that we cannot make fundamental changes to our entitlement programs. as the father of two daughters i know the programs won't be there for them unless significant action is taken now. >> the political wrangling. both obama and boehner were trying to get them to strike the deal. the sun has set on yet another day without agreement, meaning a default may be just a week away. >>> two very political speeches from president obama and house speaker john boehner, who back two very different plans to raise the debt ceiling. from president obama he clearly endorsed the
there's no symptom of big government more menacing than this. we're up to the task. i hope president obama will join us in this work. >> all right. love that home-spun economics. the key is to make money through higher taxes. that's the other approach, the one that speaker boehner says is destined to fail. >> the president says we need a balanced approach which in washington means we spend more and you pay more. i mean run a small business? i know those tax increases will destroy...
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but smaller developers aren't big enough to do their own thing. for those smaller developers who no one's heard of, it's going to be tougher for them to defect to the web, do their own thing and hope people find them just by searching. >> that was maggie lake. >>> despite the hype and fanfare, for apple it hasn't been an easy six month. the stock fell by 3.5% in june, the worst first half performance since the financial crisis erupted in 2008. apple's great at breathing new life into its existing stable of products, but it seems as though investors are hankering after something else, new gadgets from the company. they're also worried about competition from the like of google. >>> next on the show, europe and south korea are locked in a tighter embrace as a new trade deal promises change in opportunity. for consumers and companies alike. details ahead. >>> in from -- from cnn london, welcome back. a twist in the case of dominique strauss-kahn is expected to play out in a courtroom seven hours from now. a source close to the case tells cnn that pros
but smaller developers aren't big enough to do their own thing. for those smaller developers who no one's heard of, it's going to be tougher for them to defect to the web, do their own thing and hope people find them just by searching. >> that was maggie lake. >>> despite the hype and fanfare, for apple it hasn't been an easy six month. the stock fell by 3.5% in june, the worst first half performance since the financial crisis erupted in 2008. apple's great at breathing new life...
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. >> reporter: let's not mix a lot of different things into one big pot. the poll you referred to was a poll that was done the day after dominique strauss-kahn's arrest. it was a poll that was faultily done. it was declared illegal and done as people were still trying to adjust and absorb the reality that one of the most powerful men in the world who could have been president could have committed such a crime as he was about to announce his nomination. so, i disregard the importance of that poll that said early on that a majority of the french thought that he might have been the victim of a plot. as for france having different sexual morays, seduction is not criminality, seduction is playful, should be enjoyable. committing a violent crime against a woman which was what was alleged to have happened is appalling for any french person. and so one has to make that distinction. what is the bridge between seduction and a violent crime is the potential abuse of power which is -- which is also something that is endemic in french life. >> you make a point that's w
. >> reporter: let's not mix a lot of different things into one big pot. the poll you referred to was a poll that was done the day after dominique strauss-kahn's arrest. it was a poll that was faultily done. it was declared illegal and done as people were still trying to adjust and absorb the reality that one of the most powerful men in the world who could have been president could have committed such a crime as he was about to announce his nomination. so, i disregard the importance of...
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this was big, big news here today. china's stlal television has been broadcasting now for five hours live after this announcement that has really captured everyone's attention. yao ming, of course, went to the houston rockets in 2002 as a tall, gangly kid, has since emerged as one of the leading players in the nba, someone who has played for the nba all-star team, has also represented the chinese team at the olympics and world titles and so on. he was able to reflect today on that journey and took some time out for a special thanks to those people in the united states who helped him along the way. >> special thanks for my friends overseas, especially the fans in houston. i would like to thank you forgive me a great nine years during my nba career. nine years ago i come to houston as a young, tall, skinny player. an entire city and a team changed me to a grown man, not only a basketball player. >> he did that very comfortably in english as well, something he wasn't able to do when he first went to houston. it really goe
this was big, big news here today. china's stlal television has been broadcasting now for five hours live after this announcement that has really captured everyone's attention. yao ming, of course, went to the houston rockets in 2002 as a tall, gangly kid, has since emerged as one of the leading players in the nba, someone who has played for the nba all-star team, has also represented the chinese team at the olympics and world titles and so on. he was able to reflect today on that journey and...
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apart from the debt situation, there are big earnings numbers out, nina. >> there are indeed. let's turn our attention away from debt towards ek wiltquitie. siemens, its profit almost halved dropping to $1.1 billion in total for the quarter and falling short of analyst expectations. its earnings slide is due to one of charges and it remains confident that its profit to the earned of september will exceed $10.8 billion. with more on those figures and what the future might hold for siemens, let's go to its ceo. thank you for coming on "world business today" today, mr mr. lucia. why did your expectations come in disappointing the market? why was it? >> we basically have one of charges and a very important one was in the -- with a very highly innovative pioneering technology for cancer and the technology is feasible but commercially not ready. so this is a classic case where you work on a high-tech innovation project and you realize that it's not yet prime time. >> when will it be prime time? you're talking about a therapy treatment for cancers. but won't they need much more inves
apart from the debt situation, there are big earnings numbers out, nina. >> there are indeed. let's turn our attention away from debt towards ek wiltquitie. siemens, its profit almost halved dropping to $1.1 billion in total for the quarter and falling short of analyst expectations. its earnings slide is due to one of charges and it remains confident that its profit to the earned of september will exceed $10.8 billion. with more on those figures and what the future might hold for siemens,...
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murdock is a big backer of republicans. if more momentum builds for probes, there are cautionary tales for lawmakers, reports that the tabloids sometimes turn the tables on those who investigate them. most of those accounts date back to well before this scandal ploou up in the media in recent weeks. martin moore of the media standards trust tells us when british parliamentary looked in the tabloid press a couple years ago, he heard of allegations that they were discouraged from repeatededly inviting rebecca brooks to testify. >> the
murdock is a big backer of republicans. if more momentum builds for probes, there are cautionary tales for lawmakers, reports that the tabloids sometimes turn the tables on those who investigate them. most of those accounts date back to well before this scandal ploou up in the media in recent weeks. martin moore of the media standards trust tells us when british parliamentary looked in the tabloid press a couple years ago, he heard of allegations that they were discouraged from repeatededly...
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a lot of people have been saying it could be too big to fail. it's the world's eighth largest economy, very much in the eye of the storm. it may be too big to bail out some politicians and economists to bail out. we asked the head of pimco whether he was worried or surprised italy found itself in this situation. take a listen to what he had to say. >> surprise, no, worried, yes. surprised no, because europe has failed to get ahead of the crisis. when you fail to get ahead of the crisis, it becomes more disorderly and it spreads quickly. worried because italy is very different from greece, ireland and portugal. italy is large. italy is the third biggest issuer of debt. this marks a significant morphing of the european debt crisis. >> one positive we should mention is italy's bond auction on tuesday was rather successful. it had to sell the bonds at a 6% yield, but it did manage to do so. so investors seeing that as a note of positivity on the markets. last night italy's own prime minsters, silvio berlusconi urged politicians to show unity to pass
a lot of people have been saying it could be too big to fail. it's the world's eighth largest economy, very much in the eye of the storm. it may be too big to bail out some politicians and economists to bail out. we asked the head of pimco whether he was worried or surprised italy found itself in this situation. take a listen to what he had to say. >> surprise, no, worried, yes. surprised no, because europe has failed to get ahead of the crisis. when you fail to get ahead of the crisis,...
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but mining stocks with big drags here. we have rio tinto. financials fell. >> you know, ramy, we've been so preoccupied by what's happened in washington that sometimes it's easy to lose sight of the fact we are in the midst of earnings seasons. we've had reports across the region. >> nintendo, they slashed their full year's forecast earnings by a whopping 82%. that's because gamers aren't so interested in their handheld 3-d game players which came out five months ago. that would be the 3-ds. that's the biggest fall in the past two decades. you're looking at a year to date. nintendo share prices dropped a whopping 47%. it's a similar story, not so bad for sony. they cut its profit estimate for the year by about 25%. this was yesterday. that's because of weak demand for tvs like this bravia over in the u.s. and europe. sony's share price year to date has also dropped by about 35%. but, you know, it's not all doom and gloom. they say its net income surged to about $1.31 billion. this is for the six months to may. forecasters had been -- forecas
but mining stocks with big drags here. we have rio tinto. financials fell. >> you know, ramy, we've been so preoccupied by what's happened in washington that sometimes it's easy to lose sight of the fact we are in the midst of earnings seasons. we've had reports across the region. >> nintendo, they slashed their full year's forecast earnings by a whopping 82%. that's because gamers aren't so interested in their handheld 3-d game players which came out five months ago. that would be...
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things are off to something of a seesaw start and living large on the horizon, we get the big monthly jobs number out of the u.s. let's get to europe. nina, how's it looking? >> well, european stock markets, an drew, seem to have been taking their cues from asia, but starting out, generally speak, of an optimistic note. the eu's approval has eased some investors' worries. we'll have more of that in just a moment, but taking a look at the markets as you can see, it's broadly speaking a mixed picture. the cac 40 down but we have pretty modest gains from the ftse 100. >> modest indeed. certainly here in asia, nina, things getting off of the a stronger start. the trading day is, of course, winding down. concerns are high, the european debt crisis being pushed aside. the nikkei up by nearly 1%, just at that 10,000 yechb threshold. it did cross a little earlier in the day and has pulled back from that. and that was thanks in part to tokyo electric power. shares up by 0% today. the company at the center of japan's nuclear troubles is getting very good news. senior government officials have p
things are off to something of a seesaw start and living large on the horizon, we get the big monthly jobs number out of the u.s. let's get to europe. nina, how's it looking? >> well, european stock markets, an drew, seem to have been taking their cues from asia, but starting out, generally speak, of an optimistic note. the eu's approval has eased some investors' worries. we'll have more of that in just a moment, but taking a look at the markets as you can see, it's broadly speaking a...